Battlefield 2 Patch 1.50 Dated, Detailed

Battlefield 2's long-awaited Patch 1.50 will arrive in final form at noon EST on September 1, EA announced today--almost three years after the previous patch for DICE's shooter.

As well as bringing one new map, changes, fixes and balance tweaks, Patch 1.50--in public beta since April--will make BF2's previously-$10 booster packs 'Euro Forces' and 'Armored Fury' free, granting their maps, vehicles and weapons to all players.

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We'll have the 2GB patch up for you on FileShack as soon as it's released, but for now here's the patch's list of changes. Thanks to Shacker onji for the tip.

Features

Additional support for Windows Vista.

Added Highway Tampa as a required map.

Added a new map called Operation Blue Pearl.

Added Euro Force and Armored Fury as free to play content for all Battlefield 2 players.

Added Widescreen support

Allowed BF2.exe to use more than 2Gb RAM

Added support for the Novint Falcon controller (www.novint.com).

Gameplay Tweaks

Changes made to both the J10 and F35B to make them more balanced.

AA targeting tweaked to make it more effective.

Added checks to prevent "runway grieving".

Various changes made to prevent cheating.

Tweaked the hit detection, hits will be more accurate to the model.

Occasional connection drops after being on a server a couple of minutes - Fixed

Prevented use of mouse wheel to provide speed boost to vehicles

Prevented use of mouse wheel to exploit parachutes

Players can now pass claymores by going prone

Update the HUD on TV Guided missiles to increase visibility on maps like Dragon Valley